Thomas Bitnar Architect: Selected Projects

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Thomas Bitnar Architect: Selected Projects is a full-color monograph of architecture projects in Europe and the United States by award-winning international architect Thomas Bitnar FAIA.

Thomas Bitnar grew up in Prague surrounded by all styles of European architecture, but the International Style, Czech Functionalism, and Czech Cubism have most influenced his work. His professional experience spans almost five decades, crossing boundaries from a Central Europe culture steeped in history and oppressed by Communism, through a Germany on the verge of transition, to the high-density business culture of New York City, and to the pioneer culture of the American West. His work is exemplified by designs of proportion, light, and harmony that transcend cultural and stylistic boundaries.

This full-color selection of internationally recognized and award-winning projects by Thomas Bitnar illustrates his typological versatility and his ability to elevate the standards of architectural design through a blend of architecture traditions, a distinctly modernist approach, and sustainability.

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Thomas Bitnar, FAIA, Doc.Dipl.Ing.Ak.Arch, CKA, LEED AP BD+C is principal of Bitnar Architects with offices in Prague, New York, and Bozeman, Montana. Born and educated in the historic environment of Czechoslovakia, Thomas Bitnar has almost fifty years of extensive experience in architecture and urban design, with a broad range of acclaimed projects in Europe and the United States. Over the last thirty years, he has also been an international architecture educator and has lectured extensively in the U.S. and abroad. Thomas Bitnar is also an accomplished artist with a lifelong passion for painting and drawing. He is currently preparing a new publication of his artwork.

He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and past-president of the AIA Continental Europe chapter. He is also a long-time member of the Czech Chamber of Architects and the U.S. Green Building Council. He holds master's degrees in architecture from The Prague Technical University (CVUT) Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning and the Academy of Fine Arts Prague, and a master of science degree in real estate development from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.